How to un-protect multiple cells in Excel worksheet with VBA

BizBoy

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Hi,

How to un-protect multiple cells in Excel worksheet with coding.
I have a worksheet.
I need to protect entire worksheet apart from few cells.

I tried various solutions from Google but somehow it is not working for me.
For example, I want to keep cell A1, B5, C10, D15, E20 unprotected.
And rest of the worksheet should be protected.

How do I do this
Can anyone please help me in this.

I tried various options for below code but not successful.

Code:
Sub Protect_My_Range()
    Dim TempBook As Workbook
    Dim TempSht As Worksheet
    
    Dim TempRng As Range
    Dim TRange As Range
    
    Set TempBook = ActiveWorkbook
    Set TempSht = TempBook.ActiveSheet
    
    TempSht.Range("F7").Locked = False
    TempSht.Range("N7").Locked = False
    
TempSht.Protect "temp"
End Sub
 
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Do any of the cells you are unlocking intersect with a merged cell?
 
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Hi Fluff sir, sorry for late reply.
Yes, most of these cells are merged.
And I am not able to understand how to un-protect these cells.
 
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You need to specify the full address of the merged cells, so instead of using K7, it would need to be something like K7:M7
 
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